Andrew Halter

Instructional Coach, Hampton Township School District
email: halter@ht-sd.org
www.cffresources.wikispaces.com

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Tools Referenced :

While certainly not a definitive list of technology tools, all of these were mentioned during the presentations and most have been personally classroom tested.
Multipurpose Tools:

• Wikispaces--In my experience, one, if not the most used and most versatile teaching tool in the last five years. Use for website creation, student projects, collaborative learning, webquests, etc. For wiki examples and tips, check out http://cffresources.wikispaces.com/Wikis+and+Blogs, WaystoWiki or Educationalwikis
• Edublogs or Wordpress--a great blogging platform to create teacher or student blogs. Great for literary response or any type of self reflective writing or even for creating an online newspaper or magazine. Click here for a classroom model.

Discussion Tools:

• Chatzy-Create a chat website in seconds. The easiest chat I have encountered, although it has no monitoring capability.
• Cover it Live--Create a chatroom that can be easily monitored and embedded onto a wikispace
• Wallwisher--create a website in seconds where students can post sticky notes.

Research Tools:

• Delicious--Social bookmarking tool to help organize and share web resources
• Diigo--Social bookmarking tool to help organize and share web resources
• Zotero--Sophisticated web-based research management tool
• Jog The Web--Create annotated web tours
• Many other research tools and resources at my Delicious research tag

Collaborative Editing Tools:

• Google Docs--word, spreadsheet and powerpoint power point documents, plus a form tool for creating surveys and quizzes online.
• Zoho--Collaborative web based office tools similar to Google docs.
• Office Live--Office version of shared document editing...very similar to Google Docs.
• Webspiration-- an FREE online version of the graphic organizer software Inspiration.
• Etherpad--create a common workspace in seconds that can be accessed and edited by anyone you invite

Project/Publication Tools:

• Toondoo--create graphic novels and comics on line
• Photostory--Create basic photo slideshows with narration, text and music
• Animoto--Create impressive slideshows with video, images, minimal text and music. Don't forget to apply for your free classroom passcode at animoto.com/education
• Glogster--Create multimedia digital posters.
• Wix--Create a flash based website in no time.
• Weebly-Create a flasbased website
• Prezi --a multi-dimentional zooming presentation tool.
• Time Glider-Create interactive, multimedia digital timelines
• Museum Box--create a digital diorama to showcase information
• Xtranormal--Create animated films

Sample Web-Based Teacher and Student Projects:

NOTE: Many of these pages are private, so you may have to request permission to view them. Please write a brief message indicating who you are. It might help to email me as well since these are teacher sites and your request may go unanswered. (halter@ht-sd.org).

• Grammar Stuff--a grammar wiki created by 11th grade students to teach grammar concepts
• Modern Materials Project --Wikis created by 10th grade chem students to teach modern applications of chemicals
• Cross District Collaborative Wiki--A discussion based wiki between two schools
• http://rossienglish.wikispaces.com/ -- a good example of a wiki used as an online learning community
• http://hmslagnese.wikispaces.com/ ---wiki based project site
• http://evolutionintheclassroom09.wikispaces.com/ --a cross curricular/class discussion wiki
• http://wsp1.wikispaces.com/ ---a cross district literary discussion
• http://isearchenglish10-7.wikispaces.com/ --A wiki designed to make research done for an I-Search project more transparent
• http://thomsonenglish.wikispaces.com/Podcast+Project --podcasts hosted on a teacher wiki...also uses Survey Monkey as a tool for student evaluation and reflection.
• http://mrsthomsonenglish11.edublogs.org/ --an example of a multipurpose classroom and student blogs

Referenced Sources:

• 21st Century Skills Framework--A detailed look at today's essential skills from the Partnership for 21st Century Learning. A great place to start!
• The Nine (now ten) Roles of a School Based Coach, by Joellen Killion and Cynthia Harrison
• TPACK -Technological Pedogogical Content Knowledge model
• LotI: Heating Up 21st Century Learning --A great resource for teachers to help them analyze and develop their 21st century teaching skills.
• Daggett, Willard R. Rigor and Relevance from Concept to Reality. International Center for Leadership in Education, 2008.
• http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/04/07/survey article that discusses the “eroding role” of libraries in higher education, but with many implications for public education as well.